How to pronounce "deriving"

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we're invested in taking in some sort of new information,

or grappling with some sort of ignorance that makes us feel uncomfortable.

And that's why I'm here:

to push us to question,

even when it makes us uncomfortable.

My parents are from Trinidad and Tobago,

the southernmost island in the Caribbean.

Trinidad is also home to the only acoustic instrument

invented in the 20th century:

the steel pan.

Deriving from the African drums

and evolving from the genius of one of the ghettos in Trinidad,

a city called Laventille,

and the disregard of the American military ...

Well, I should tell you,

America, during WWII, had military bases set up in Trinidad,

and when the war ended,

they left the island littered with empty oil drums --

their trash.

So people from Laventille repurposed the old drums left behind

into the full chromatic scale:

Phonetic Breakdown of "deriving"

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deriv-ing

2 syllables

IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

D ER0 AY1 V IH0 NG

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Definition of "deriving"

Verb

To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
To originate or stem (from).
To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.

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